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American people, to understand if lies, deceit and corruption are threatening american democracy and indeed our safety. mr. chairman, charities should not be abused as personal piggy bank. it is against the law. its you were -- its unfair with charities that play by the rules. is that of abuses the trump foundation. the president charitable foundation agreed to dissolve and response to ongoing investigation and lawsuit by the new york attorney general. the new york attorney general found what it...

Pursue the truth and justice for the american people, to understand if lies, deceit and corruption are threatening american democracy, and indeed our safety. mr. chairman, charities should not be abused as personal piggy banks. it is both against the law and extremely unfair to charities that play by the rules. a line of questioning that we have not yet addressed and have been glaringly absent in tackling is that of the abuses of the trch foundation. the presidents charitable foundation agreed t...

Defense departments drug inter dixon program, defense department, is all of that legal? >> were going to find out, ali. usually in the national emergencies as the president rightly said, theyre not controversial. these things dont get tested legally like we are about to see here. you will see the congress react on a constitutional basis here. youll see private land owners react to this, and i think states and jurisdictions react to this. all of which will be asking that question that is going to...

To the trump hotel, over a million dollars. the overall question of where the money went, that has not been answered. >> the "new york times" got its handlinger hand on a ledger that punitively accounted for every dollar. but did it? >> it was good story and showed there was spending in the category of waste. >> not craft but just ridiculous was. >> but they didnt lay wrout the entire $100 plus million went and theres been no public accounting of that yet. we know prosecutors asked for materials...

Into the inaugural and money from thnonprofit inaugural woun up in trumps pockets, payments to the trump hotel, over a million dollars. the overall question of where the money went, that has not been answered. >> the "new york times" got its handlinger hand on a ledger shat punitively accounted for every dollar. but did it? >> it was good story and showed there was spending in the category of waste. >> not craft but just ridiculous was. >> but they didnt lay wrout the entire 1$100 plus million w...

When a high ranking white house official is accused of blatant corruption, for instance the deputy white house chief of staff from the trump administration who reportedly was using his position to pressure homeland security and congress into extending an early retirement program specifically to benefit himself. when something like that happens, does the white house have the option of not caring about it? and two, doesnt somebody investigate? how would this sort of thing work in a normal white ho...

And two, doesnt somebody investigate? how would this sort of thing work in a normal white house? joining us now is chris lu who was white house cabinet secretary in the obama administration. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> if the deputy white house chief of staff faced credible allegations of corruption and self-dealing, who is supposed to look into that in a normal white house? >> well, in a normal white house that person would have been out on the street so quickly. literally every s...

When a high ranking white house official is accused of blatant krupgds, for instance the deputy white house chief of staff from the trump administration who reportedly was using his position to pressure homeland security and congress into extending an early retirement program specifically to benefit himself, when something like that happens, one, does the white house have the option of not caring about it? and two, doesnt somebody investigate? how would this sort of thing work in a normal white ...

Reflects our commitment to the people and not to the powerful special interest. we ran on 3 priorities. 1, driving down healthcare costs like prescription drugs and pre-existing conditions. helping to raise family incomes. families are working 3 jobs to just get by. we want to rebuild america with a bold infrastructure plan that will create jobs and rebuild the country. thirdly, the corruption in washington. the self-dealing we have seen in washington. thats the first bill we will introduce. >> ...

Loan. now, in terms of total dollar amount, it was a drop in the bucket. but the self-dealing that went on there, the conflicts of interest were among the most brazen i had ever seen. >> to raise more funds, jim turned to former little rock municipal judge david hale. >> david hale ran a small business administration-backed lending company called capital management. >> if somebody invested $500,000 in mr. hales company, the sba would match that like 3-to-1. they would give hale $1.5 million. >> ...